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JULY 11, 2023

are electric, and the remainder are gasoline or other fuels. are powered by diesel, gasoline (22.9%), compressed natural gas (0.46%), other (ethanol, fuel cell, LNG, propane, 0.85%) and electric (0.09%). They comprise 57% of all commercial diesel trucks (Class 3-8) on the roads today. are advanced diesel technology; 2.1%

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APRIL 1, 2022

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) committing Nevada to work collaboratively to advance and accelerate the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs).

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AUGUST 28, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties are currently designated as non-attainment for federal particulate matter standards. .:

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The parties are working towards a definitive agreement to expand the hydrogen supply for Nikola’s zero-emissions heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The project is intended to represent the transition to lower emissions transportation, chemicals and manufacturing. —Perry Babb, CEO of project developer KeyState Energy.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will award more than $4.4 The bulk of the funding is flowing to natural gas projects, with additional funding for electric vehicle infrastructure and a biodiesel project. Electric Vehicles. million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to 12 projects across the state.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon results reflect net-zero carbon goals for electricity generation.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Exelon Corporation today announced that its six electric and gas utilities will continue advancing transportation electrification to benefit customers and communities by taking major steps to electrify its fleet of vehicles. million megawatt hours of electricity and avoided 8.7 million cars off the road for a year.

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MAY 20, 2020

Link Transit of Wenatchee, Washington has achieved 50 megawatt-hours of energy delivered wirelessly to its electric bus fleet. Link Transit is the first electric bus operator in the Americas to reach this technology milestone, and the first in the world to do so in under two years. —Richard DeRock, General Manager, Link Transit.

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JULY 1, 2021

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) plans to purchase seven Mack LR Electric refuse models, which will operate in each of the city’s boroughs. DSNY took delivery of its first fully electric refuse vehicle, a Mack LR Electric demonstration model, in September 2020, when it began rigorous real-world testing in Brooklyn.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Volvo Group’s subsidiary Mack Trucks has delivered a pre-production Mack LR Electric model ( earlier post ) to Republic Services to begin in-service trials in the demanding refuse segment. Republic will test the LR Electric model in Hickory, North Carolina on one of its residential recycling collection routes.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

As part of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia have participated actively in developing the TCI-P and have the opportunity to join the program in the future. Offering incentives for continued telecommuting to reduce congestion.

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Green Energy Consumers

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One of the biggest questions in Rhode Island’s clean energy future is on the verge of conclusion: will Pennsylvania-based utility PPL succeed in buying National Grid’s Rhode Island electric and gas utilities? If the sale goes through, PPL will become the new utility company for almost all Rhode Islanders.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as well as buying new Lightning eMotors’ vans and shuttle buses. Hawaiian Electric and AMPLY. The vehicles being used in the project are three Kia Niros, and one Nissan LEAF.

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MARCH 13, 2019

(“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, unveiled the Xcelsior CHARGE H2—ts fuel cell-electric heavy-duty transit bus—and announced that both the forty-foot and sixty-foot model have successfully completed the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania (Altoona Testing).

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

BARTA is the first major transportation authority in Pennsylvania to deploy fully electric vehicles, and the first in the US to deploy electric paratransit vehicles. The Board of Directors for BARTA voted on and approved the purchasing agreement of two vehicles from AMP Electric Vehicles at a board meeting.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is attempting to power its EV charging stations with solar power facilities along the highway. The Pennsylvania Turnpike plans to do just that. One of the biggest challenges facing EV charging is the question of profitability. Renewables offer a great way to help balance the scale. billion debt.

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MAY 27, 2016

The Board of SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) today approved the purchase of 525 40-foot, low-floor diesel-electric hybrid buses via a $411.8-million, With Act 89 in place, SEPTA has recently launched dozens of long-needed capital improvement projects throughout the transit system and across all modes of travel.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that New Flyer’s 60-foot articulated heavy-duty transit bus has become the first and only sixty-foot battery-electric bus to complete the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania ( Altoona Testing).

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JULY 15, 2020

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia announced a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU), committing to work collaboratively to advance and accelerate the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs).

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rivian announced this week that it has launched leasing for the R1S all-electric SUV. In November, Rivian launched leasing on the R1T, making it easier to own the company’s introductory vehicle. Rivian launches leasing offer to customers Now, Rivian is including the R1S program.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Inventor Richard Wallace is seeking to co-fund its development with a matching $35,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania. Wallace is envisioning a rooftop plastic case (similar to a winter sports carrier from Thule or its ilk) into which 3 or 4 Type IV CNG tanks snap fit, like AA batteries into electric devices.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland. The trucks are part of Freightliner’s Electric Innovation Fleet and built to test the integration of battery electric trucks in to large-scale fleet operations.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

The luxury Genesis brand is outpacing rivals, closing in on Porsche and Land Rover in sales as its all-electric models expand into new states. A big reason for the optimism is Genesis’ electric vehicles. Genesis sells three electric vehicles in the US: the GV60, Electrified GV70, SUV, and Electrified G80 sedan.

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Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

And in news that will make us all cheerful, the US’s largest open DC fast charging network upgraded over 680 underperforming legacy chargers to its next-gen charger. In 2024, EA has won six NEVI projects thus far – one in Pennsylvania (second round), four in Colorado (second round), and one in Virginia.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Westinghouse Electric Company; China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC); and Electricity Generation Company (EÜA?), The project also covers all life cycle activities including operations, nuclear fuel, maintenance, engineering, plant services and decommissioning.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2024

The use of BlueCruise in the Mustang Mach-E was hinted at by San Antonio police, who noted that the all-electric crossover had “partial automation” engaged at the time of the collision. The NTSB has noted that it was investigating the Philadelphia crash in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State Police.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Based in Berlin, Germany, it is open to all interested parties. Penske Truck Leasing Co.,

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APRIL 26, 2019

New Flyer of America announced that a test demonstration with a New Flyer 40', heavy-duty fuel-cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus for the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) achieved 350-miles (563 km) of zero-emission range. These results exceeded the 300-mile range performance target by 17% without refueling.

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JUNE 16, 2016

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has awarded New Flyer a contract for up to 550 heavy-duty 40-foot Xcelsior diesel electric hybrid buses. All buses will be delivered between the period of 2017 to 2020. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Three locations, one common goal This year, the TryEngineering Summer Institute was held at the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia; Rice University , in Houston; and the University of San Diego. There were two sessions on each of the three campuses.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Credit: Tesla The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a “free electric bank account with your name on it.” It’s packed with rebates and tax credits that will help Americans purchase everything from EVs to solar and electrical appliances to heat pumps. Then I share what I learn with you – that is my job, after all.)

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. note: “Electrified” is Genesis current nomenclature for its EV.

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MAY 24, 2013

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego. The Penn State University Advanced Vehicle Team (PSU AVT) designed a series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) fueled with E85. in May 2014.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Penn State researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that charges at an elevated temperature to increase reaction rate but keeps the cell cool during discharge, showing the potential to add 200 miles of driving range to an electric car in 10 minutes. A paper on the work is published in the journal Joule. Yang et al.

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APRIL 9, 2014

ABB will install a hybrid version of its high-efficiency ENVILINE wayside energy recovery and storage system for the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority’s (SEPTA) light rail system serving the greater Philadelphia area. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. —Jacques Poulin, ABB’s product manager for energy storage and rail.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

A previously announced property in northeastern Pennsylvania is also being evaluated for a natural gas to liquids project. EmberClear is also the developer of two 300 MW natural gas combined cycle power projects, located in Good Spring, Pennsylvania. The plants are intended to serve the USA’s largest electric power market, the PJM.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 3, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors gains ground in Pennsylvania, full pricing and options information for the 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid, and Audi plans a plug-in hybrid version of each major model. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve updated our June plug-in electric car sales report with additional figures.

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